From the universe of the acclaimed Ethelium Trilogy comes a haunting new Sci-fi horror. An unknown vessel drifts through the galactic shipping lanes. A warship is sent to investigate. The ship is empty. Lifeless. Or so it seems. Near a black hole called Solkara Minor, a rain-soaked world turns in silence — Phantarus. Nothing escapes the black hole’s pull. No signal. No memory. Until now. Deaths begin at an industrial processing plant. Few at first. Easily dismissed. The workers are told that they were accidents. They are lying. When Agent Vaul arrives, he discovers a pattern beneath the violence—one that points not to madness, but intent. Something old has found a way back into the light. It does not kill without reason. It does not stop once it begins. The truth is awake. And it is hungry. A chilling fusion of science fiction and gothic horror, Phantarus descends into the darkness—and brings something back with it.